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... > social science subjects > law > legal specialisms > education law > higher education law > statutes > Religious Freedom Restoration Act
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Religious Freedom Restoration Act  

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  • The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), in its original and amended versions, represents Congress's side of an exchange with the U.S. Supreme Court on the issue of state interference with individual religious practice. The RFRA was an attempt to ameliorate a ruling of the Court that came down on the side of the state in such conflicts. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Religious Freedom Restoration Act]

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